COURSES SYLLABUS

    

Objectives: get to know the potato plant, the tuber and the physiological aspects, photosynthesis and respiration, the effect of temperature, radiation on the dry matter content and the yield, demands of water, plant protection aspects, seed production, planting and harvesting, the storage conditions, effect of temperature.

Number of hours: 8

Exam type: Multiple choice

Professional tour: Yes

Syllabus: potato growing and production

Description:

We will learn about the physiology and anatomy of the potato plant and the tuber. We will focus on the influence of different climates conditions and their response on the potato yield. How different factors affecting the production and the quality including: environmental factors, the effect of high temperature, and the radiation on dry matter production. Plant protection factors including diseases-causing (bacterial, fungi and viruses) and insects. Water availability and their importance to the plant. The scheme of potato seed production. The role of storage conditions and haw to keep optimal temperature and humidity to influence the quality via the tubers respiration.

Objectives:

·         Giving basic knowledge and know –how on the potato crop

·         Growth in the field, pre-emergence growth, post emergence growth, tuber growth and crop yield, growth rate calculation

·         Yield and water supply

·         Factors contributing to the potato crop sensitivity to water stress.

·         Mineral nutrition, N, P and K,

·         Relationships between mineral nutrients growth and yield

·         Seed tuber production and management, seed certification, physiological age

·         Describing and providing information to reduce the harmful effects of weeds, pests and diseases

·         Diseases aspects of potato production. Effect of diseases

·         The physiology of storage-response of the tuber to its environment

·         Wound healing   ,water loss ,respiration ,composition of the atmosphere.